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guilty of conduct so improper, that the Magistrates of Middlesex were certainly reprehenslble for not hay in ,uspended him„if nut ,discharged him from his trust. The House then divided For the Committee Agairist it - - • • • • 74 Majority. . Mr. SIMILDAN. having re-stated, that no step had been taken in consequence of the RepOn of the Commission, and having mentioned that a pbor man of the name of Dickie was now in prison, and was likely to continue so for life, for damages given against him for a libel on Mr. Aris, notwithstanding the,facts stated in the Comtnissioner' Report, moved that the Petitionson the table be reterred to a Select Committee. The Motion was agreed,to. , On the motion of Mr. BANses, a Committee was appointed to inspect the Lords' Journals, with re spect to the Reversionary Place Bill, which had h.eed sent up to that. House from the House of Commons. Mr. WHARTON brought up the Report of the Conitnittvr of Supply. The Resolution for granting twins ?Majesty a sum, nor exceeding 1000,6001. to enable his Maj,-sty to fulfil the engagements-whiCh he had entered into with the King of Sweden, was tvad arid agreed _ _ _ Sir'A. PtGOTT moved the Order of the Day for resuming the Adjourned Debate on the Motion re specting the Exchange of Lists of objected Votes on the Sussex Election, on or before the 2t st of Nlarch instant ; and on the Debate being ordered to be rtiu.;led,. S , r A PrdoTT took the opportunity of exPlaining the nature of the Middlesex case, which had been mentioned last night, and of chewing how it applied to the case betare the House; after which a long and able, though not to the public at large an inter esting, discussion took place 'upon the merits of the w.iestion; in which Mr. ABERGEONEY, .o•4r. C. W. WYNNE, Mr. PoNSoNars Mr. WON. Mr. MAR TIN, and Mr , . TIERNEY , contended that an ex changv of lists should take place, and the ATTORNEY Land S , LICITOR GENERAL, Mr. HURICUW)N, and the CHANCELLOR of the ExCHEQUEtt 'argued that, as the Petitioners stood in the place .of the Sitting Member, and no reciui%ition. of the exchange of such lists couid be demanded from him, under the circumstances of the case, they were not bound to accede to such a demand. After a brief reply from Sir ARTHUR PIGOTT, a division took places : For roe Exchange 4 Lists - - . 34 Agtinst it . • - PERUVIAN BARK BILL. On our re-admission to the Gallery we found the, CUANCRLLOR of the I,XCHEQUER on his legs, mov. ,lag the Order of the Day tbr ruceiving,the Report of the Peruvian Bark Exportation Prohibition Bill ; hut on searching for the Bill it was discovered that it had beet, mislaid or withdrawn, upon'which • 1 Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that. if it had been a Bill to operate in Ireland, a$ this. was St. Patrick's Day (57th March), he would,be disposed to ascribe the remmal of the Bill to the agency of the tutelar Saint 01 that country. As it was, howeter, he must thiiik the Bill bad been removed by the prote i tting . genius of this uuntry. • • enAtlceoi.oa Of the EXCHEQUER then re ferred to a case of a similar description, in which the loss had been remedied by le:ue from the House to present from, the Office an oth er co p y of the same Sill, which was allowed to be forwarded 'through the latte.stages. .. On . the motion'of, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER', leaye Was then given to present another 'copy of the • same Bill ; after which the Bill was brought up and read a first .and second time, then cominitted and reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow (this day). LIVERp( , oLy.ETITION. On the motion,olGeneral GAscoyrta, the heartng of Ciitinsel upon the Petitions against the Orders in , COUlleil was put pt} tilt to-morrow tilts day). Adjourned at Two o'ClOek. ivrAlLs. D;l4--.1 Gottcnburgh, t Malta, 2 Dublin, 3 Waterford. I".110E OF STOCKS , THIS DAY AT TWZLVI O'CLODK. - • consols THE SUN. .101.11.14 QUIS DICEK! 7AL3UtI AUDIAT ? 1, 0 N 1) 0 ,N, FitIDAY, NIARCH IE4 1808. Accounts were this morning received in town from Poole, which tame that Letters had reached that place from 11 ° 8 ten, dHted the second of February ; at that time the Embargo 6 . 011 continued, Wit the feelings of resentment against this Country, which had been so artfully, excited in America, had bt;gan to subside, and the general opinion was, - that a War between the two Countries would not take pipec. Tiael morning Lieut. FIELD arrived at the Foreign Office with Dispatches from Heligoland, the sub stance of which had not transpired when this Paper was put to Press. Tnt condition of the Prison in Cold-bath-fields. has afforded such a copious subjeet for the declama tion of those who do all they CM to excite discon tents, that we are glad :to find, from what passed last night in the House of Corntu'ons, that a full in quiry is to take place, under the sanaion of Ouvern tnent, when, we doubt not, that the refleaions Which have been thrown on the condua of the Ma gistrates will be found to be unjust, and that the grossest misrepresentations have been made, merely for party purposes. JAMES SAumAnnz had a i audience with Lord Mt' 'kyr, at the Admiralty, this,tudriting,. , :1;,• Commander in qhjef of thu Guern , ant", Jersey Sctquirou, yesterday Her Naaasty held a bra wit) g-ro ht St. James's Palace, which was the most nun non3ly sttended of any this season. Her MAJESTY was accompanied by the Dukes of KENT, CAMBRIDGE, IDid- GLOUCESTER, the Princess of WALES, the: Duchess of YORK, • and the Princess Sortm of GLOUCESTER. The tollhwing were among the Presentations to Her MAJESTY Colonel Parker Earl I Icherster ; Count Uglas, by the ,Swedish Ambassa dor; Lord Gray; Lady Wigrant ; Lady Gertrude Sloane, on her marriage; the Hon. fohn and George Ashlorrsharn ; 'Miss Elizabeth Drummond; the Archbishop of Dublin ; Lady Diana Herbert; Earl Gosford ; Captain Elphinstone ; the Earl of Waldegrave, on his return from abroad; Miss Davenport • Lady L. Lamb; Colonel Her bert; eapt, Buller, of die Royal Navy; Miss M'Kcnaie; Lad) Gray ; the Earl of Mount Edgecurnbe r the Countess of Pembroke, on her marriage; Sir Harvey Bruce; Sir John Shelley r'General Finch, on his promotion Misses Maria and Anne Mildmay, by Lady Mildmay ; i Major-General Murray; two Misses Wade; Baron Adelswert, by Monsieur Adlersberg, the Swedish Ambassador; Count Rehenhausen, by the Portuguese Ambassador; Augustus Atkinson, Esq.; Litut.•Col. Tolley; Lady Ranclitre; Mr. lames Bathurst;' Lady Amelia Murray i Major-Gen. Lord Forges ; Mr. BUS.. ranstarn, by the Swedish Ambassador; Lady Shelley; Ma r jor Wynyard ; Lord,Selsey ; Lord Gray;. Mrs. E. Huller; the Earl of Dtgby.; Capt. Vingor, by the Swedish Ambas sitter ; the Marquis of 1 homonn ; the Earl,sof Selkirk; Miss Ackland; Viscount Strangferd; Earl Pembroke; " Col. M‘Donald ; Vice-Adiniral Rowley; the Earl of Aber. dim Mrss Sullivan ; and the Countess of Selkirk Mr. SitAw, the Messenger, left town on Wednes dby for Harwich, where he will embark tin Sweden. Dispatches fa the Mediterranean were last night sent to Ply mouth, to be forwarded by the Alacrity Sloop of War from that port. Ysataklay a Battalion of the sgth Regitneot of Foac ravelled through the City, ott their route. to Euax. In a letter from Mr. FENWICK. late British Con sul at Denmark, to a gentleman in Dundee, dated Helsingborg, 202 January, he says, " the Are. thusa', !WIT, and Speedwell, Sims, both of Dun dee, are WA upon Jutland, and the Masters, as well as the crews, confined at the depot of prisoners at Randers. I arn, however, glad to learn that they are all, well, and receive good treatment. The reason that they cannot write to their friends is the stria adherence of the Dani'b Government to the edict prohibiting correspondence with Great Britain." 'ST. PATRIceS DA.Y....-Yesterday being the Grand Anniversary day, in honour of the tutelar Saint of Ireland, the natives of that Country enjoyed their usual festivities. The friends and patrons of the chatitable institution, founded in honour of the Saint, dined together at Freemasons' Hall. art Moisp, was iu the chair. He addressed &Le Meet ing, which was very numerous, in a very eloquent speech in lionour of then occasion, and.recoMmend! ed its benevolent views in a very affqmog manner. His Lordship's speech breatbea also the Most ardent sentiments of loyalty and PatriOnsiii, and .was re ceived with entliust .stic applause. The day passed off with groat fedi ivit'y and perfect good humour. 'New tdostcAL k'ctsTo.--The annual Concert. for this Instittnion took place iast ingot in the great room at the Opera House. C4TALANI had iindly promised to exert herself 'on this occasion, but was prevented by Mrs. BILLINQTON, however, with generous promptness in the cause of benevo. leuce„.eupplied her place,, and the room was never more crowded. The vocal department was also sup ported by NALD!, NIIARTINI, and BItA t HAM, A4llO all .. , :quitted themselves very ably. Mrs. BILLING.. TON Will peculiarly well received and much ap plauded. • The orchestra was tilled, by the ablest musicians, and. their joint ctforts produced an ex quisite treat. We are glad to learn that the accident which hap. pened to Mr. MATHEWS, the Actor, is by no means sq bad as at' firi.t represented, and that he is in a fair way of recovery without any material injury. The great increase of Minor Theatres in this me tropolis is notless:injuriqus in a political than a moral point of view, as refieetions are often. cast upon Go vernment at those places, which are very likely to mislead common people, and tend to excite popular, diadontent. The condu6tor done of these Theatres, in particular, has long been notorious as a disciple a) TuoK4s ?Atlas, and he generally contrives to season the dialogue with some' of the doctriae.s of his Mister. Kgssaut continues at his friend Lord Gump roan's, in Osferdshire, and isetill much indisposed. • A duet took place yesterday Morning in Padding ton Fields, pear the three bridges Of the New Cut, between Capt. W. and a Mr. V. a Gentleman of for tune. The parties fired three rounds each, and having been convinced by their seconds of their being but indifferent marksmen, they shook hands, and retired to the same coffee-house, in Wigniore street, where they had quarrelled. A dreadful instance of ferocity occurred, about a week since, at Stapleton Prison, near Bristol. Two Frenchmen having quarrelled late in the evening. were locked up previous to the settlement at the dispute ; but In the night, one of the parties, with his friend,- insisted upon his antagonist's getting out of bed and fightin him immediately; the latter aisented. It was determined that they should fight with the two legs of a pair of compasses, which was broken in half, and the points sharpened fin- the pur pose.. They rushed upon each ot her, mut gaily stabbing, until the aggressor tell lifeless on the ground, _having been pierced through the heart and lungs. His friend immediately seized the weapon from the hand of the corpse, insisting that the fight should be re newed with him ; it was agreed, and after a horrible rencoutre, he shared the same rate as the first. The survivor (who is much wounded, but not very dan gerously.) was secured as soon as : the circumstance was known to the guard, mid a Coroner's Inquest sat on the bodies. As it appeared that the two de ceased persons were the aggressors itt the affair, the Jury brought in a verdict of Manslaughter against the survivor. An Inquisition was taken yesterday at a .public house, in Duke-street, Oxford -street, on the body of Alicia Harriet Mailexy, a dress-maker, who *as faund. dead in her bed-room, at eleven o'clock; On Wednesday morning., Sho.destroyed herself by an immense dose of laudanum. It was supposed that disappoint tnent in loVe had led her to commit suicide. The yenta was litsauity. A young man of reputable connexions, and As sistant-Surgeon to a Gentle►uan in Grosvenor-gmet, also poisoned himself on Sunday last ; and a Coroner's Jay delivered A Verdi. similar to the above, • N E WS MARCH i6.--Arrived the Literty Sloop of War, from Portsmouth, to wait for orders; she is supposed to be destined . to take dispathbes to one of the Blockading Squadrons. Soiled the Halifax Sloop of IVar, for the West Inaies, And 'Scorpion Sloop of Wai to the *esi ward. No Vessels have arrived or sailed for several pre ceding days, owing to the strong Easterly Wind which has blown, and still continues. • PORTSMOUTH, MAICCII l7.—Yesterday arrived the Bold Gun-brig, Lieut. Catvans,with a Convoy from the Downs, among which were the Bonetta, 111tinlatf, Meaborn, Stonebouse, Thames, Bell, Whit, Conyers, Essex,' Betts, Symmetry, Betty, Rodney, Bowes, Antelope; ---,-; and I lero, Quinton, Transports, Alio the Galatea, BENNISON, for Mogadore, to join the Ships colleding at this Port for the,Medi terranean, no convoy for which is yet appointed. Arrived this day the Boadicea Frigate, Captain MAITLAND, and Linnet Cutter-brig, Lieut. TREA r.Y, from a cruize. • Sailed the Th Oh& Gin-brig, Lieut. DOR NFORD, with : a Convoy fi>r Guernsey, and thp, Encounter Gun-brig, Lieut. TALBOT, on . 3 ernize. Went out of Harbour this day the Barficur, 08, Polyphemus, 64, .Sulcetle Frigate, and Protcslor Gun-brig. DovEn, 'Toon 17.—Baron JAcoat and Suite arrive 3 hcre this morning from London, and are peeled w sail for Calais to-morrow. MAL, MA ucii 11.--i-Artived the Amarantlee and Vulture Sloop,Erertiun and Fearless Gun-brigs, and grow Schooner, from Slseerneas ; arrived alto the Cracker Gun-brig from .1 Cruize off, Calais ; the .In dignant Gun-brig from Portsmouth ; and the Sky lark Sloop, Fprious Gun-brig, and Pigeon Schoone r from a Cruize. DISTIOBUTION OF PRIZE.MONEY. To the Tiibune, for this recapture of the Indefatigable. salvage, on board, (It the tw it. inst. and afterwards at Ton. Plymouth, that; Nemesis, tor the detention of the Danish Ship itta "Handel, •on , the 10. on, board, and afterwards. at 6,. Stanhope street, Strand. "ro L'Aimoble, for the capture of the Eleonora Wilhel mina, in company with the Cres4.:nt and Orestes, on board, on the ?6th mst. and afterwards at No. al, Ceeil.street, Stranct _ TO the. !um, for the Capture of the Veri Amici 'and of the San Francisco, 0 0 the 1 3 tIt inst. at N 0.23, Nort6ll4.street, and every 'Tuesday and Friday after.--This notice is given to the .41elpatnene _alba, as far as relates to the latter prize. To the hurydice,, for the CaPture of the. Prussian Ship, titwat,i iNieriti(and Prevnyanke), on board the Eurydice, on the et! A pril, if then in Port ; and every Tuesday and Friday after at No. 14, Clement's LOSS OF HIS AIAJESTY's SHIP FLORA. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER. " Licwwirden, in Friesland, jan. 26, Act " I am sorry to inform you that the Flora struck 'upon Schelling Reef last Monday, the 18th, and about 9 o'clock that night, succeeded •in,getting her all, but lost our rudder in . the attempt, and after getting her to seri, we could hardly keep her free with all the pumps, therefore was obliged the next day to run her on share again about four o'clock? that afternoon ; after making rafts,. fearing that if it came on to blow that night she would go to pieces,. the- Captain, Ferber, Keith,. Doneville, Watson, and myself, pushed off in the barge, that being the only boat we then had, with about 130 of the crew on the faits, the rest choosing to stay by the ship, when alter rowing 18 hours, we did not know where, not being able to see the land, without sus tenance, we landed on t he•l,land of Amoland, where they made us prisoners and marched us here. After 'being four days and nights on board, the rest came • on shore on some more rafts, and I believe all are saved. 1 have lost every thing, as when I. the ship though my bag was in my band, I would not put it into the boat, as the Captain would not his, nor indeed was it a time to think ' about any thing but one's life. Those whom we left on the wreck are at -Harlingen." There it at present living at Portsmouth an old searnan,of t he name of Jon bi JEN NINGS, at the advanc ed age *oft 02 years, who served in• the Navy in the reigns of Ganaos tai, 2d, and 3d, and never till the pyesent period applied for admission into Greenwich Hospital. ti - - - 130Nottar.—This Artist, who was particularly dia. tingutshed for his architeaural knowledge and genius, died on Wednesday last in the 69th yeat of his age. He was a native of Italy, but bad long been in this kingdom. He was warmly patronized .by Sir Josn&A RaltsoLns, whose interest placed him upon tLe list at' Associates, but who in vain attempted to raise him to the rank of Royal Academician. The great talents and professional learning of BoNoMI certainly gave him full pretensions to such a situa-" tiao, if the Institution had not been essentially in tended for t be.protea ion of British Genius. The disr priteS which aro3e in the Acaderny,.on this occasion, induced Sir Joinua, REYNOLDS.IO resign his situation as President, and though he at length consented to resume an ()Rice for which he! was so eminently qualified, harmony Was never 'Completely restored between him and the Members in general. In this instance Sir JOSHUA permitted his zeal for grbat talents to overlook ,the principles upon which. `thcs' Academy. was. founded, and it 'is to be hoped that those principles will be adhered to in all future ye cancies, and that none but , the natives of this Country will be admitted as Members. Happily we can at this moment boast of such an assemblage of British talent's, as enables us, in ! national taste and genius, as well as in national prowess and force, t o urlia prouddefiance at our eneruibs. b ,iITiIiPOOL LIEET4 w~ ' ~l In consequence of requisition to the Mayor of Liverpool from the Gentry, Clergy .; Merchants, and other. Inhabitants'of that town,' for the purpose of presenting an Address to his. Majesty, expre.6ive of their . firm confidence in his ,Government at this im portant crisis, the Maya convened a Meeting for ti e t sth inst. which accordingly took place in the To is Hall. After reading the requisition, the. Mayor atlf dressed the meeting; and strongly recommcmdeo unanimity in the cause in which we are engaged. He was soon 'interrupted by some turbulent spirit', with a cry or Peace," and `for an adjournment to thti area of the New , &change. The Maycry however, proceeded firmly, Teed part of his Ma% jesty's Speech on the opening of r t • presented the necessity , of the war. arising iron, kligs violence and ambition Of the Enemy, and etilark.a upon the ditlioUlty . , if not impossibility. of obtaining ‘• peace upon honourable and safe terms, in the pre sent state of things: He reprobated in.a very peintod manner what he properly denominated the frivoloui and . vexatious measures which Opposition are taking to counteract the views of his Majesty's Ministers, and bring disgrace upon our Government. He, re. curred to the hostile feelings and. mischievous views of the enemy, who obviously resolved, if poisible, to destroy our commerce and bring ruin . upon the Country) concluding with a motion for an Address to his „Majesty expressive of a reliance upon ,W wisdom, moderation, and sincere dispo,ition, to ry store the blessings of peectsupoii a firtn,and hono(ir able basis. lie wns followed by Mr. Alderman who seconded the Motion for an Address. Mr. Roscoi then nose, and otte:ed it consider-. able length thdse sentiments which it., giVt4tl the world in epimptilet, and the suh3tance c,t w has been detailed through most ot the Oppus'itifin Papers tbr some }Tars. Mr. Bosco:: at length pro. posed an Amendm4nt to the p.Lldress. • The - Address was then put to the vote in its ori ginal I•ortn, and afterwards with the amendment. , Amidst the turbulence arid contiution that arose, the Mayor declared that he eOuld .hardly oecide whether the Majority was in tavuu of the origi nal Address, or of the AMericiment, but said ltu thought the sentiments of the tnajur part of the cOitim . , party WB4 in favour of the original Address. The tumult then became so great, that he thuttsht it 11,:. cessary to leave the Chair. The Oppusittun tarty, as they may be called,lluen adjourned to the squaw k where Mr. ROSCOE harangued them from a window of the Exchange, and the amemted Atldrcss was of course agreed to. But the original Address may he considered as expressive of the sentiments of the more intelligent and respelable inhabitaats, and that has not yet been given to the public. On Saturday se'nnight, two men, of Imspivions appearance, ottired for sale in the rnatl:et+plaere, at Stockton, three horses, which the surrounding po pulace did not hesitate to tell theins they had st o l e n, The fellows perceiving they were nut likeiy to suc ceed hi their sale, mounted the horses, and set 0" full gallop but of the town; they, were immeciidtely pursued, and being .overtaken at Yarkri, were there taken into custody, and delivered over to the care of the constables. About seven o'eloCk on .Sunday evening One of them found theans to make his escape, and, on being closely pursued, !MIMI throtmn the River Tees, and has not since bedn Neu:a of. The other was brought before the imigistrates at Stockton, on Monday. On examination, two of the horses proved to be the property .of .P . ;devtu'd Anderson, Esq. of Glanton, itt Noriliumberiand, and were sworn to by his servant, from whom thoy bad .been stolen on the 3d rust. The thief, Gala himself Tames Thompson, and says that the per,on Who made his escape , ii his brother, named /ohm Thompson. Le was committed to Durham gaol. Every day's Drawing brings good tidings to the adventorersin the present Statet io te uu rs a ..--- nd ' ,, l , 'wlur t Thousands, Tess Thousands, Five be drawn every day, besides Sixteen of 10001.. and Twenty-three of 5001, and One Hundred Tbou:iariti Pounds in smaller Prizes, of tool. 501. &C.' whith will enable every, bolder of a small. Prize to purchase another Chance fur one of the Grand Warranted ;Indrawn Tickets and Shares are on sale at Hon l rtsav•and Co.'s, No. 40, Cornhill ; No. 62, Charing-Cross; and St. Margaret's-hill, Borough.— Tuesday next will be the Third Day 01 . Dral.ving. Prom the ringing .of the church bells throe ,pout the. Metropolis,- we were induced to hope. th;it goad intelligence had been-received of she i'rencb i lees. The intelligence, however, annotnxed was not of a public nature, but occasioned by she idieridity of she fortunate holder of one of the Prizes of TenThousai id •Pounds, drawn on Tuesday last, who is, we Under stand, a .native of the sis:er kingdom. The ringers will, no doubt, be as ready to dentanistrate their gra titude on any similar good fortune of one of our own countrymen. A few nights ago, as Mr. Blake, of E , sex.streo, Strand, was travelikg near Croydon, hr, was slop ped by five footpads, who robbed hint of fiftwn gu i neas and a gold watch. The same - th,an mitted several other robberies that evening on. ihn saute road. SMITHFIELD ,MARK, ET, Maacia This day's market was but thinly supplied with dilierent kinds of Cattle; Beet, Mutter, - Pork, and Veal are cheaper than our last report, and the trade in general was somewhat flat. The sales in the Haymarket were rather dull ; Straw and Clover have fallen in price since Monday's market ; Hay' solid ot last price.—We subjoin a , correct statement of the prices and numbers.: To sink the Oita pet stone of 'Sib. Be.ef 4s. 4d. So 4s. 6.1. Mutton As. ad. to 4s. 4d.—Voal ss. od. to 6s. od. —lamb no, od. to os. od.--Pock 43. 9ti. 10 So. od. Beasts. 4;o. —ahem ;too. t 10. —P , 1 " 1,1 Y 4s. tb 61. too at —Cluver is. Oa, to 71 1 . os. ad.--Straw , 160. od. so at. as, od. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARCH I 8 t o .d nv Is in middling supply, and-the sales are rat her duff, but fine Sainph.s keep their price p Barley is ciwaper ; flue Malt rpther. dearer, Grey Pease, and the two sorts of Beans this week are cheaper; the supply Of Oats is short, and thii trade is again quoted at Ilan iie! idvanc its lido terms of .Flo :r without altetAi.